It's the first Friday of the New Year, and doesn't it feel great? It's hard to believe that at the start of the week, there was almost nothing worth reporting about -- now we've been covered in a veritable avalanche of video-game related journalism. CES was obviously the big news in all things consumer electronics this week, and we've got a few quick hits that you need to know about (most noticeably, an amazing portable gaming machine). We're also getting closer to the first big releases of the year, including Dtoid favorite Marvel vs Capcom 3. Nick Chester has had a hand on it for a few weeks now, and we've got the gameplay footage and costumes to prove it. As if that wasn't enough, Capcom went and revealed 2 more characters for the roster, although we kinda saw that coming. Oh, and did you hear that there's a Playstation Phone coming? Well now we know that it actually plays games, and isn't just a poseur.

Story #6 - AVATAR KINECT IS COMING OMGGGGG! Okay, between Hulu Plus and Netflix on Xbox Kinect AND this news, the Kinect is basically a must purchase. Avatar Kinect is your new "virtual chat room," which seems pretty pointless.

Story #7 - Playstation Phone leaked again, and this time it's actually played with! We've seen Sony Playstation Phone leaked footage before, but never with the mysterious "Playstation Pocket" app. It looks basically like a mini-Playstation Network for your phone, which, needless to say, is pretty damn cool. Too bad the device runs Sony's crappy Xperia Android skin though. Also, did you guys know that this STILL hasn't been officially announced?

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By the way, the new year means a new set for us here at the Destructoid show! We've been working hard behind the scenes to get the set ready in the next couple of weeks, but we need your help. Do you have any awesome video-game related knick-knacks or memorabilia? Send them to us and we'll hang them on our set! We're kind of going for a TGIF-type vibe, except cool. Find out more at destructoid.com. If you think you might have something we'd like, send an email to zac AT revision3 DOT com, and become a part of Destructoid show lore.

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